well-being

49: Survival of the Friendliest

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify We all love more of a good thing but are too many friends bad for you? Our favorite psychotherapist, John Tsilimparis, is back to wrap up our friendship series and he’s bringing the science and deeply emotional reasons to answer all our questions. From what are…

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48: Friend or Frenemy?

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify What kind of friend are you anyway? Do you have close friends at work or just work acquaintances? Have you ever met a person who tried a little too hard to be your friend to learn later they only cared about your failure? Making and maintaining…

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47: Friends & Colin Farrell . . . Such Is Life

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify We continue our friendship series and dive deeper into making friends, keeping friends, and breaking up with friends. We talk about platonic love (or friends without those benefits), the modern concept of your soulmate also being your best friend, and why statistics say we’re failing at…

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46: “Tell Me Who Your Friends Are And I’ll Tell You Who You Are.”

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify This week we dive into an underrated topic:  the evolution of friendships.  We get personal as we discuss the correlation between how we evolve as people and how our friendships evolve with us.  What do you need from friends now versus when you are in your…

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44: Hole-Hearted & Hopeful

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify Are you an advocate…for yourself? These days, we’re all about supporting each other, but sometimes we forget to be there for ourselves. Join us this week as Cecile and Juan recap Juan’s recent health scare and why it reminds all of us at Ends with Z…

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42: Don’t Grind, Unwind.

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify This week’s episode, we discuss why “the grind” is overrated, how channel surfing can be good for your mental health, and what being a man, woman, and successful whole human looks like in today’s world. How do you unwind? Taking just 5 minutes to chill out…

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41: Is Grind Culture Grinding Us Down?

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify The answer may depend on which generation you ask. With older ones having internalized it and younger ones glorifying it, grind or hustle culture has been around for hundreds of years and is embedded in the DNA of American exceptionalism. It is our work culture. For…

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40: Lean Into Life

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify Go with the flow, be like water, embrace change. They all mean the same thing: maintaining flexibility and leaning into change. We’re back this week to discuss what being adaptable means for each person, how to not fear change, and how to access your own flexibility…

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39: Rest, Relaxation, and Relationship Time . . . The New 3 R’s

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify Summer is here and that means vacay, baby! Yes, we’ve all had the wind knocked out of us lately with ever-increasing prices, especially when we fill up. So how do we get our three R’s: rest, relaxation, and relationship time, when everything is so expensive? The…

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38: All Work And No Play Means Time For A Vacay

Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | Spotify Taking time off shouldn’t be stressful, but it is for many, so much so that millions of vacation days go unused each year.  Where is the line between being a hard worker and working all the time?  It’s vacation time where the living is easy.  Or…

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